Queer Egypt Under Attack (2023)

• Documentary

A BBC News investigation has revealed how violent criminal gangs are finding, abusing and extorting people from the LGBT community they meet online in Egypt. Using masking technology to hide the identities of the people he meets, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin navigates the complex online and real-life world of people who identify as queer and who have been repeatedly targeted by a gang with violent viral video humiliations and police arrests.

Release date

January 31, 2023

Runtime

47m

Language

Arabic

Director

Vanessa Bowles

Status

Released